Knappe: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Search old registers for Knappe and you will soon meet Knapp too. Its meaning, shared with Knapp, is “Hilltop, or young servant”. The extra “e” in Knappe is a spelling habit rather than a different name. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Napp and Knap.

240 Americans were listed as Knappe in the 2010 census.

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Knappe, so the heraldry linked to Knapp is a starting point, not an automatic right. Want more than a summary? See the Knappe family name pack.